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Spike Lee is directing the Oldboy remake
Posted by Patrick Sauriol on Monday, July 11, 2011
The rumor is true: Spike Lee will indeed direct the American remake of Oldboy. The deal was announced this morning by Mandate Pictures and its president Nathan Kahane.
Lee won't be able to start working on the film right away, as today is also the first day of shooting on his next movie which is titled Red Hook Summer (and which he might be reprising the role of Mookie, the pizza delivery guy from Do the Right Thing.) That's alright because casting has to happen now on the new Oldboy -- and the rumor is Will Smith may be Spike's main guy for playing the primary role of the kidnapped man out for his revenge.
Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend) wrote the screenplay for Lee's Oldboy and will be a co-producer on it. Doug Davison will produce as he's done before on The Departed and the American remake of The Grudge.
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